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The dollar touched an 11-year high against a composite of major currencies on Tuesday but gave up those gains ahead of major U.S. economic reports and the coming European Central Bank meeting later this week. The dollar index has gained 5.7 percent ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar hovered just below a fresh 11-year peak against a basket of major currencies early on Tuesday, as rising Treasury yields helped it prevail against the euro in a choppy session.

A week after Wal-Mart, America's largest private sector employer, announced it would increase starting wages for its US employees to $9 per hour (up from $7.25), TJ Maxx, Marshalls and HomeGoods followed suit. IKEA and Gap clothing have also ...

Hewlett-Packard Co. , preparing for what is bound to be a complicated division into two separate companies, has a thorny new problem to deal with: The strong U.S. dollar. The dollar's strength lately has tripped up many U.S. companies with significant ...

(Adds table, details) Feb 27 (Reuters) - Speculators further trimmed bets favoring the U.S. dollar, pushing net longs to their lowest in more than two months, according to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission released on Friday.

One of the most popular macro trades around, the Dollar Index (which tracks the U.S. dollar's move against a basket of major currencies that most predominantly includes the euro) is up 19 percent over the past eight months, and rose more than 1 percent ...

Event risk is heavy the next few days, although today may be a lull in the storm. Data flow out of Europe was light this morning, and the only significant event on the calendar for the North American trading session is the December and Q4'14 Canadian ...

MUMBAI: Continued its slide for the third straight session, the Indian rupee today fell 5 paise to end at 61.92 against the Greenback following sustained demand for the American currency from importers and a better dollar in overseas trades. Widening ...